PhD Janko Međedović

research associate

RESEARCH INTERESTS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Individual differences, intergroup conflicts, psychopathy, sadism, personality, evolutionary genetics, human behavioral ecology

KEYWORDS

KEYWORDS

Individual differences, intergroup conflicts, psychopathy, sadism, personality, evolutionary genetics, human behavioral ecology

EDUCATION INFO

EDUCATION INFO

2014 Doctoral dissertation: “Psychopathy, personality, and criminal recidivism: multimethod approach”. Department of psychology, Faculty of philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Goran Knežević. Committee members: doc. dr Oliver Tošković, prof. dr Goran Opačić, prof. dr Snežana Smederevac

2007 Undergraduate studies. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. Supervisor: prof. dr Snežana Stojiljković

ACADEMIC COURSES

ACADEMIC COURSES

Undergraduate studies, Faculty of media and communications, Singidunum University

Learning and higher cognitive processes

Evolutionary psychology

BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

Janko Međedović CV

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OTHER INFORMATION

OTHER INFORMATION

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

REVIEWERS ACTIVITIES

Psihologija, Political Psychology, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Journal of Child and Family Studies

MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

European Human Behavior and Evolution Association

ADDITIONAL NOTICE

ADDITIONAL NOTICE

Participation in the work of Petnica Research Center. Currently engaged as an associate lecturer.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Lazarevic, Lj.B., Knezevic, G., Vukčević Marković, M., Međedović, J., Petrović, B., & Stankov, L. (2021). Militant Extremist Mindset among Refugees and People from Conflict and No-conflict Zones in a Host Country Manuscript submitted for publication. Preprint available at https://psyarxiv.com/u5a94/

  • Knezevic, G., Lazarevic, Lj. B., Međedović, J. M., Petrović, B., & Stankov, L. (2022). The relationship between closed-mindedness and militant extremism in a post-conflict society. Aggressive Behavior https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2dteh

  • Stankov, L., Međedović, J., Lazarević, Lj. B. Petrović, B., & Knežević, G. (2020). Socio-psychological correlates of militant extremist beliefs in a post-conflict society: The importance of ethnocentrism and quality of inter-ethnic contacts. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 23(8), 1249-1266. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220920717

  • Stankov, L., Knežević, G., Petrović, B., Međedović, J., & Lazarević, Lj. B. (2019). Militant Extremist Mindset in Post-conflict Regions of the
    Balkans. Journal of Deradicalization, 19, 183-218

  • Klein, R. A., Vianello, M., Hasselman, F., Adams, B. G., Adams, R. B., Alper, S., Aveyard, M., Axt, J. R., Bahník, Š., Batra, R., Berkics, M., Bernstein, M. J., Berry, D., Bialobrzeska, O., Binan, E., Bocian, K., Brandt, M. J., Busching, R., Rédei, A. C., Cai, H., Cambier, F., Cantarero, K., Carmichael, C. L., Ceric, F., Cicero, D. C., Chandler, J., Chatard, A., Chen, E. E., Chang, J-H., Cheong, W., Coen, S., Coleman, J. A., Collisson, B., Conway, M. G., Corker, K. S., Curran, P. G., Cushman, F., Dagon, Z. K., Dalgar, I., Dalla Rosa, A., Davis, W. E., de Bruijn, M., De Schutter, L., Devos, T., Doğulu, C., Dozo, N., Dukes, K. N., Dunham, Y., Durrheim, K., Ebersole, C. R., Edlund, J. E., English, A. S., Eller, A., Finck, C., Frankowska, N., Freyre, M-Á, Friedman, M., Galliani, E. M., Gandi, J. C., Ghoshal, T., Giessner, S. R., Gill, T., Gnambs, T., Gómez, Á., González, R., Graham, J., Grahe, J. E., Grahek, I., Green, E. G. T., Hai, K., Haigh, M., Haines, E. L., Hall, M. P., Heffernan, M. E., Hicks, J. A., Houdek, P., Huntsinger, J. R., Huynh, H. P., IJzerman, H., Inbar, Y., Innes-Ker, Å. H., Jiménez-Leal, W., John, M-S., Joy-Gaba, J. A., Kende, A., Kamiloğlu, R. G., Kappes, H. B., Karabati, S., Karick, H., Keller, V. N., Kervyn, N., Knežević, G., Kovacs, C., Krueger, L. E., Kurapov, G., Kurtz, J., Lakens, D., Lazarević, Lj. B., Levitan, C. A., Lins, S., Lipsey, S., Losee, J., Maassen, E., Maitner, A. T., Malingumu, W., Mallett, R. K., Marotta, S. A., Međedović, J., Mena Pacheco, F., Milfont, T. L., Morris, W. L., Murphy, S., Myachykov, A., Neave, N., Neijenhuijs, K., Nelson, A. J., Neto, F., Nichols, A. L., Ocampo, A., O’Donnell, S. L., Ong, E., Osowiecka, M., Orosz, G., Packard, G., Pérez-Sánchez, R., Petrović, B., Pilati, R., Pinter, B., Podesta, L., Pogge, G., Pollmann, M. M. H., Rutchick, A. M., Saeri, A., Saavedra, P., Salomon, E., Schmidt, K., Schönbrodt, F. D., Sekerdej, M. B., Sirlopú, D., Skorinko, J. L. M., Smith, M. A., Smith-Castro, V., Smolders, K., Sobkow, A., Sowden, W., Srivastava, M., Sundfelt, O. K., Spachtholz, P., Steiner, T. G., Stouten, J., Street, C. N. H., Szeto, S., Szumowska, E., Tang, A., Tanzer, N., Tear, M., Thomae, M., Traczyk, J., Torres, D., Theriault, J., Tybur, J. M., Ujhelyi, A., van Aert, R. C. M., van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Lange, P. A. M., van der Hulst, M., van ‘t Veer, A. E., Vásquez Echeverría, A., Vaughn, L. A., Vázquez, A., Vega, L. D., Verniers, C., Verschoor, M., Voermans, I., Vranka, M. A., de Vries, M., Welch, C., Wichman, A. L., Williams, L. A., Wood, M., Woodzicka, J. A., Wronska, M. K., Young, L., Zelenski, J. M., Zhijia, Z., & Nosek, B. A. (2018). Many labs 2: Investigating variation in replicability across sample and setting.  Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(4), 443-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918810225 [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. & Knežević, G. (2018). Dark and Peculiar – The Key Features of Militant Extremist Thinking Pattern? Journal of Individual Differences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000280. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. (2018). Testing the state-dependent behavior models in humans: Environmental harshness moderates the link between personality and mating. Personality and Individual Differences, 125, 68-73.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.12.035

  • Međedović, J. (2017). The profile of a criminal offender depicted by HEXACO personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 107, 159-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.015 [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Bulut, T. (2017). Expanding the nomological network of Dark Tetrad: the case of cynicism, aggressive humor and attitudes toward immigrants. The Journal of the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, 36(3), 7-19. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. (2017). Aberrations in emotional processing of violence-dependent stimuli are the core features of sadism. Motivation and Emotion. doi:10.1007/s11031-016-9596-0 [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. (2017). Can HEXACO-PI-R adequately represent the four-factor model of psychopathy?. Psychological Topics26, 557-576. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. (2017). Intelligence and fitness: The mediating role of educational level. Evolutionary Psychology. doi:10.1177/1474704917706936 [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Bulut, T. (2017). The Mini IPIP-6: Short, valid and reliable measure of the six-factor personality structure. Applied psychology.

  • Međedović, J., Čolović, P., Dinić, B. M., & Smederevac, S. (2017). The HEXACO Personality Inventory: Validation and psychometric properties in the Serbian language. Journal of Personality Assessment, 5, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1370426.

  • Međedović, J., Petrović, B., Želeskov-Đorić, J., & Savić, M. (2017). Interpersonal and Affective Psychopathy Traits Can Enhance Human Fitness. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 1-10. doi:10.1007/s40806-017-0097-5 [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Petrović, B. (2016). The militant extremist mind-set as a conservative ideology mediated by ethos of conflict. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22(4), 404-408. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. (2016). Can family risk-factors moderate the link between psychopathy and Life-History Strategy? Psihološka istraživanja, 19(1), 23-34. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Petrović, B. (2016). Can there be an immoral morality?: Dark personality traits as predictors of Moral foundations. Psihologija, 49(2), 185-197. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Petrović, B. (2015). Socijalni stavovi kao medijatori odnosa ličnosti i mentalnog sklopa militantnih ekstremista. Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, 34(2), 7-25. [pdf]

  • Kujačić, D., Međedović, J., & Knežević, G. (2015). The relations between personality traits and psychopathy as measured by ratings and self-report. Psihologija, 48, 45-59. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Petrović, B. (2015). The Dark Tetrad: Structural properties, location in the personality space and predictive abilities. Journal of individual differences, 36(4), 228-236. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., Petrović, B., Kujačić, D., Želeskov-Đorić, J., & Savić, M. (2015). What is the optimal number of traits to describe psychopathy? Applied Psychology, 8(2), 109-130. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J. (2014). Should the space of basic personality traits be extended to include the disposition toward psychotic-like experiences? Psihologija, 47, 169-184. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Petrović, B. D. (2013). Predictors of party evaluation in post-conflict society: The case of Serbia. Psihologija, 46(1), 27-43. [pdf]

  • Petrović, B., & Međedović, J. (2011). Struktura socijalnih stavova baziranih na leksičkom pristupu na srpskom govornom području. Sociologija, 53(2), 195-212. [pdf]

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

  • Međedović, J. ( 2015). Nomološka mreža psihopatije. Beograd: Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja.

  • Međedović, J., Petrović, B., & Želeskov-Đorić, J. (2015). Pro-kriminalne dispozicije: sličnosti i razlike između koncepata i njihove prediktivne sposobnosti. U: Hugson, M. i Stevanović, Z. (ur.), Kriminal i društvo Srbije: izazovi društvene dezintegracije, društvene regulacije i očuvanja životne sredine (str. 89-108). Beograd: Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja.

RESEARCH REPORTS

    PhD THESES

      PROJECTS

      • 2014 - 2017: ManyLabs 2 project (POSETITE SAJT)

        Rukovodilac projekta: Richard Klein, dr Kate Ratliff, dr Michelangelo Vianello, and dr Brian Nosek

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Ljiljana B. Lazarević, dr Goran Knežević, dr Boban Petrović, and dr Janko Međedović

      • 2013 - 2016: COST action IS 1107 European Network for Conflict Research (ENCoRe) (POSETITE SAJT)

        Rukovodilac projekta: prof. dr Lars-Erik Cederman

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Boban Petrović and dr Janko Međedović

      • 2011 - 2017: Kriminal u Srbiji: fenomenologija, rizici i mogućnosti socijalne intervencije

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Vladan Joldžić

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Boban Petrović, dr Janko Međedović, and Tamara Džamonja-Ignjatović

      • 2006 - 2010: Prevencija kriminala i socijalnih devijacija

        Rukovodilac projekta: dr Dobrivoje Radovanović, dr Marina Blagojević.

        Saradnici iz LIRA-e: dr Janko Međedović